INDIA: A Priest Beaten By A Navy Personnel In Kerala

Police and Kerala state Minority commission have registered separate cases against seven Navy personnel in connection with an alleged assault of a priest over a land dispute in Ernakulam.

Father Hippolittas Kattikad of Stella Mary’s monastery at Ponnarimangalam in Ernakulam district complained that he was attacked on September 17 by a group captain and six others when he tried to question them for their presence in the property as the matter was before the High Court.